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Post by domeplease on Feb 5, 2021 12:41:45 GMT -5
DO ME'S THOUGHTS:
Since our little village put in some rigid Virus restrictions = We now have around 95% of folks wearing mask. To see the Initial Restrictions go to my Jan 15th Post.
"Tequila I wonder what the % is of Americans wearing MASKS?"
"Tequila, laughing like crazy is not an answer. Look at you, you laugh so hard, you fell off your perch..."
A highly infectious new coronavirus mutation just got a little bit scarier
The highly infectious UK coronavirus mutation has evolved further, gaining a genetic change seen on the South African mutation that might impact vaccine efficacy to some degree.
Current vaccines are effective against both the UK and South African mutations, but the efficacy can be reduced.
This development might seem worrisome, but researchers think the discovery suggests the virus has clear evolution routes, given that the E484K mutation has appeared independently in a different region.--02-04-21: www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/kansas-reports-case-of-uk-covid-variant-that-may-be-more-deadly/ar-BB1dnSqs?li=BBnbfcL Kansas Reports Case of U.K. COVID Variant That May Be More Deadly. --02-04-21: www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/the-covid-19-mutants-are-here-dr-fauci-says-heres-how-to-stop-them/ar-BB1dohLx?li=BBnbfcL The COVID-19 mutants ‘are here,’ Dr. Fauci says. Here’s how to stop them
Dr. Anthony Fauci didn’t hold back when he spoke with the “Today” show on Wednesday.
“The (COVID-19) mutants are here in the United States,” he said.
Fauci said the COVID-19 variants — which come from the United Kingdom, Brazil and South Africa — can be stopped, though.
“They are not dominant yet. We can prevent them from becoming dominant by trying to suppress the replication.”
The top U.S. infectious disease expert told the “Today” show the best way to stop the replication of the COVID-19 variant is to “continue to double down on public health measures to prevent spread from person to person” and also “get as many people vaccinated as you possibly can.”
“The more people that are protected from infection, the less opportunity you give to the virus to mutate. It can’t mutate if it doesn’t replicate. So the more you suppress it, the less it does.”
“If they do become dominant, we may need to upgrade the vaccine.”
Where are the variants?
NBC News created a map that can help you keep track of where the novel coronavirus variants are in the United States. So far, the map tracks the the U.K., South Africa variant and Brazilian variants.--02-04-21: www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/virus-talks-with-chinese-scientists-very-frank-who-probe-leader-tells-afp/ar-BB1do4dx?li=BBnbfcL Virus talks with Chinese scientists 'very frank', WHO probe leader tells AFP. --02-04-21: www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/scientists-are-testing-out-mixing-doses-of-the-astrazeneca-covid-19-shot-with-pfizers-to-see-if-it-still-works/ar-BB1do9mE?li=BBnbfcL Scientists are testing out mixing doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 shot with Pfizer's to see if it still works. |
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Post by domeplease on Feb 6, 2021 16:15:18 GMT -5
HERE ARE SOME THOUGHTS FROM THE NUTCASES = WHO DO NOT BELIEVE IN THE VIRUS OR, OR, OR, WHO BELIEVE THAT THE GOVT. MIGHT BE USING THE VIRUS TO TAKE AWAY OUR RIGHTS???!!!
I KNOW FOLKS LIKE THIS--BUT HAVE CUT THEM OUT OF MY LIFE & WILL CONTINUE TO CUT MORE OUT...
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Post by domeplease on Feb 7, 2021 15:51:32 GMT -5
DO ME’S THOUGHTS:“IN JUST 16 Days = Our New President has DONE SO MUCH in battling the Virus.
BRAVO-BRAVO-BRAVO!!!
FOR INSTANCE: He has just allocated the Military to have their personal not only deliver the vaccines but also having them to do the vaccinations. I do think they need more Military Personnel to help out here… He also just invoke the DA (Defense Act—should have been put in place months ago) = More Gloves & PPE which are much needed—more Test Kits, etc. Any thoughts Tequila?”
TEQUILA’S THOUGHTS:
“If they are having any type of a problem with delivery of the vaccines, they should use the EXPERTS in delivery = DOMINO'S PIZZA
Promise delivery of Vaccines within 30-hours or it is free.
Also included a large Family Pizza of Four Toppings if you take the vaccine in front of Dominos’ Delivery Person…”***--02-07-21: MUST READ--NEED to VACCINATE as many as possible ASAP to avoid more rapid mutant variants forming/surging; if not more deaths & COST:www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-05/the-9-2-trillion-price-tag-for-failing-to-vaccinate-the-worldThe $9.2 Trillion Price Tag for Failing to Vaccinate World The global economy’s recovery risks being dampened or even derailed by the lag in coronavirus vaccinations for poorer nations relative to their wealthier peers. Bloomberg’s Vaccine Tracker shows 4.54 million doses were given on average across the world each day over the last week, but it’s far from an even spread. The U.S. and U.K. make up about 40% of the 119.8 million doses administered globally. Developing and emerging markets are, by and large, doing far less well. In Africa, only Egypt, Morocco, Seychelles and Guinea are recorded as having given any of the vaccines at all. Much of Central Asia and Central America has yet to begin vaccinating, or is moving slowly. That means emerging economies risk falling further behind economically and limits room for rebound even in fully-inoculated countries by depriving them of demand for their goods and a supply of manufacturing parts. Worse still, not combating Covid-19 everywhere may mean harder-to-contain mutations of the virus generate fresh health and economic crises. “With the virus mutating, no country is safe until the whole world is inoculated and achieves herd immunity,” said Chua Hak Bin, senior economist at Maybank Kim Eng Research Pte in Singapore. --02-07-21 THE STUPID BE STUPID WILL HURT OTHERS: www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/lifestyle-buzz/how-anti-vaxxer-conspiracy-theories-are-straining-family-ties-and-breaking-up-friendships-as-the-covid-19-vaccine-is-rolled-out-globally/ar-BB1dt0nI?li=BBnba9OHow anti-vaxxer conspiracy theories are straining family ties and breaking up friendships as the COVID-19 vaccine is rolled out globally.
The phenomenon of anti-vaxx ideas dividing family and friends is - like the coronavirus pandemic - a global one.
In 2019, the (WHO) named vaccine hesitancy one of the top 10 threats to global health. The endpoint of the new anti-vaxx narrative is to misappropriate the memory of Hitler's Nazi genocide.
…'The devil's work'As the COVID-19 vaccines are rolled out, coronavirus skeptics have taken to social media to share their anti-vaxx credo. Having spent 2020 warning that the coronavirus was a 'plandemic' conspiracy, the standard COVID-19 test, the PCR gave 93% false-negatives and labeled those who disagreed 'sheeple,' the mass vaccination rollout has now become the focus. Anti-vaccination opinions date back to the 18th century and the discovery of the first smallpox vaccine. In the US, religious leaders condemned them as 'the devil's work.' The contemporary anti-vaxx movement was born in 1998 when a British study by Andrew Wakefield linked the MMR vaccine to autism. Holly, a 42-year-old space engineer from Houston, Texas, who also asked Insider not to publish her surname, fell out with her cousin and didn't speak to her for years after saying she was thinking of not getting her two-month-old son MMR vaccinated. Her cousin said that friends on Facebook had stated that their kids started acting weird or different after getting vaccinated, "which sounded to me like confirmation bias," said Holly. "I said that it also wasn't fair to her son if he got sick. She didn't seem to care or think it was an issue."
Although the Wakefield study has since been discredited and his medical license has been revoked, the anti-vaxx sentiment it energized is now feeding the opposition to the mass distribution of COVID-19 shots.
'An extraordinary time'
In 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) predicted that vaccine hesitancy would become one of the top 10 global health threats alongside Ebola, HIV, and Dengue Fever.
Common misconceptions and vaccine anxieties include:
Vaccines may cause severe side effects and illnesses
Experts and doctors cannot be trusted
A belief in widespread conspiracy theories
Concerns that it is against human rights
A fear of needles
Over a quarter of those in the US say they definitely or probably will not get a COVID-19 vaccine, according to the latest market research by Kantar, with over a third disagreeing that the vaccines are safe. The figure is nearly four in ten people in France.
Young people are the most vaccine-hesitant. Only 32% of 18- to 24-year-olds across seven countries said they would definitely get vaccinated.--02-07-21 LISTEN TO THIS FAMILY PLEASE: www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/for-a-rural-family-covid-19-felt-like-a-distant-threat-until-it-devastated-them/ar-BB1dt2xv?li=BBnbcA1For a rural family, COVID-19 felt like a distant threat. Until it devastated them Sonia Bravo lives with her family off a gravel road near the Sacramento River, on a tranquil two acres where they can hear roosters crowing and gaze at snow-capped Mt. Shasta in the distance. As urban areas locked down last spring and people got sick and died from the coronavirus, they felt far removed. "We had a mindset like, 'We're not going to get it. That's just in the cities,'" said Bravo, 34. How she wishes that had been true. Last summer, everyone in the house Bravo shares with eight family members got COVID-19: Bravo, her husband, her 7-year-old twin boys. Her mom and dad. Her two sisters. Her brother. One sister, 18-year-old Ashley Marin, is believed to be the youngest Tehama County resident hospitalized with the virus, according to the county's public health department. And her father, David Marin, was hospitalized for 73 days, withering from a sturdy 200 pounds to a skeletal 89 pounds. Now, the family hopes their story can be a cautionary tale for rural California, where skepticism of the virus's severity and of the vaccine's effectiveness runs deep. "I want to tell people this virus does exist," David, 56, said from his front porch, his soft voice accompanied by puffs from a portable oxygen tank. "It is true. It is true. You can catch it anywhere." --02-07-21: www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-07/where-did-covid-come-from-investigator-foreshadows-fresh-clues?srnd=premiumWhere Did Covid Come From? Investigator Foreshadows Fresh CluesScientists probing the origins of the coronavirus are wrapping up a lengthy investigation in China and have found “important clues” about a Wuhan seafood market’s role in the outbreak. Peter Daszak, a New York-based zoologist assisting the World Health Organization-sponsored mission, said he anticipates the main findings will be released before his planned Feb. 10 departure. Speaking from the central city of Wuhan, where Covid-19 mushroomed in December 2019, Daszak said the 14-member group worked with experts in China and visited key hot spots and research centers to uncover “some real clues about what happened.” Investigators want to know how the SARS-CoV-2 virus -- whose closest known relative came from bats 1,000 miles away -- spread explosively in Wuhan before causing the worst contagion in more than a century. Daszak said the investigation heralds a turning point in pandemic mitigation. --02-07-21: us.yahoo.com/news/israeli-covid-drug-cured-30-191709164.html
New Israeli Covid drug which cured 30 cases of disease hailed by scientists as 'huge breakthrough'.--02-07-21: us.yahoo.com/finance/news/ocugen-potential-covid-19-vaccine-163624031.html Ocugen: There’s a New Potential Covid-19 Vaccine at the Gate.
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Post by domeplease on Feb 10, 2021 13:04:31 GMT -5
MUST READS******--02-08-21: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-02-07/vaccinations-are-going-pretty-well-if-you-re-white?srnd=premium Vaccinations Are Going Pretty Well If You’re White
The chaotic U.S. vaccine campaign is headed for an inequitable and corrupt result.***--02-09-21: us.yahoo.com/news/coronavirus-latest-news-surge-testing-004901607.html Coronavirus latest news: 'Extremely unlikely' that Covid leaked from a lab, says WHO. ***--02-09-21: us.yahoo.com/news/whos-covid-fact-finding-mission-083943642.html Evidence Covid may have emerged outside of Wuhan, WHO team saysEarly data suggests that Covid-19 could have been circulating for weeks before it was identified in the city of Wuhan in December 2019, according to the Chinese lead of the World Health Organization team that on Tuesday released first details of its fact-finding mission into the origins of the virus. "This indicates the possibility of the missed reported circulation in other regions," said Dr. Liang Wannian, the head of the Covid-19 panel at China's National Health Commission and the Chinese lead on the joint international team that includes WHO scientists. The first cases of a pneumonia-like illness were reported in Wuhan, a city of some 11 million people on the Yangtze River in central Hubei province, in December 2019. ***--02-08-21: www.thestreet.com/latest-news/23-died-after-covid-shot-in-norway-heres-the-rest-of-the-story 23 Died After Getting Covid Shot in Norway. Here's the Rest of the Story
TheStreet asks Norwegian health agency about notice of deaths associated with Pfizer vaccine.After a striking headline circulated over the weekend -- that 23 patients in Norway died after getting a Covid-19 shot -- TheStreet reached out to the Norwegian Medicines Agency to find out more details of what happened. More than half of those who died, 13, have been assessed. The agency believes those fatalities might be linked to common adverse reactions from the vaccine, known as BNT162b2. A Pfizer spokesperson said that the company and its partner, BioNTech, are "aware" of the deaths and are working with the Norwegian agency to collect necessary information. Pfizer's "immediate thoughts are with the bereaved families," said Jerica Pitts, Pfizer's director of global media relations, in an email to TheStreet on Sunday. But Pitts pointed out that the number of incidents is so far not alarming and to be expected, according to Norwegian health officials. For perspective, 42,003 people have been given the first dose of the vaccine in Norway as of Friday, so the deaths are a tiny fraction of the total vaccinated. Also, Norway, which has a population of slightly more than 5 million, has fewer than 58,600 total known cases of Covid-19 and under 517 deaths attributed to the virus, according to Johns Hopkins data. That ratio alone appears far worse one than that of the vaccinated vs. deaths potentially linked to the vaccine. --02-10-21: www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/dr-fauci-said-he-had-pain-in-these-2-places-after-the-covid-vaccine/ss-BB1dzhPR?li=BBnb7Kz#image=1 Dr. Fauci Said He Had Pain in These 2 Places After the COVID Vaccine.--02-08-21: www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/covid-19-this-is-the-deadliest-place-in-america/ar-BB1dwE7Z?li=BBnb7Kz The county with the highest death rate per 100,000 people based on a 14-day average as of February 7 is O'Brien County, Iowa, where the figure is 29.27, well above any other county in the country. According to the U.S. Census, O'Brien County had 13,753 residents as of July 1, 2019. Almost 92% of the population in the county is white. Another 5% is Hispanic. O'Brien County sits northeast of Sioux City and southeast of Sioux Falls. Its median household income of $53,703 is well below the national average. The number of people there who live in poverty is 10.1% of the total, which is close to the nationwide figure. --02-08-21: www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/south-africa-halts-astrazeneca-vaccine-plan-over-study-data/ar-BB1duyEj?li=BBnb7Kz South Africa halts AstraZeneca vaccine plan over study data
South Africa suspended the start of its AstraZeneca inoculation program over concerns the shot doesn't work nearly as well against the new variant of the coronavirus first discovered in the country. World Health Organization experts were due to meet Monday to discuss the vaccine.
--02-07-21 NOT GOOD: www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/virus-variant-first-found-in-britain-now-spreading-rapidly-in-us/ar-BB1dsSO7?li=BBnb7Kz Virus Variant First Found in Britain Now Spreading Rapidly in U.S.--02-07-21 STUPID BE STUPID: us.yahoo.com/sports/unc-students-franklin-street-covid-19-beating-duke-060807214.html UNC students defy warnings from school, pack street after beating Duke. A more contagious variant of the coronavirus first found in Britain is spreading rapidly in the United States, doubling roughly every 10 days, according to a new study.
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Post by domeplease on Feb 11, 2021 13:44:03 GMT -5
--02-11-21: www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/lancet-study-finds-40-percent-of-us-covid-19-deaths-could-have-been-avoided/ar-BB1dBiMf?li=BBnbfcL Lancet Study Finds 40 Percent of U.S. Covid-19 Deaths Could Have Been AvoidedThe British medical journal the Lancet, on Wednesday, published a damning assessment of Donald Trump’s presidency and its impact on Americans’ health, concluding that 40 percent of the nearly 500,000 Covid-19 deaths in the U.S. over the last year were avoidable. The journal came to the conclusion by comparing the U.S. health outcomes on the coronavirus—the country leads the world in Covid deaths and confirmed cases with more than 27 million—with the weighted average of other G7 nations. So it’s not a wildly abstract conclusion to draw: The U.S. could have saved hundreds of thousands of lives if it had just performed similarly to its economic peers. Many of the cases and deaths were avoidable. Instead of galvanizing the U.S. populace to fight the pandemic, President Trump publicly dismissed its threat (despite privately acknowledging it), discouraged action as infection spread, and eschewed international cooperation.
His refusal to develop a national strategy worsened shortages of personal protective equipment and diagnostic tests. President Trump politicized mask-wearing and school re-openings and convened indoor events attended by thousands, where masks were discouraged and physical distancing was impossible.
--02-11-21: www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/live-updates-uk-variant-could-sweep-the-world-warns-top-british-scientist/ar-BB1dAEru?li=BBnb7Kz Live updates: U.K. variant could ‘sweep the world,’ warns top British scientist
The highly contagious coronavirus variant first discovered in Britain could “sweep the world” and prolong global efforts to tackle the pandemic, a senior British scientist warned Thursday, as governments moved to tighten restrictions and close borders to stop the spread of the new strains.
Sharon Peacock, who heads Britain’s national genomic surveillance program, told BBC News that the variant initially found in southeast England has “swept the country” and is “going to sweep the world, in all probability.”--02-11-21: www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/a-small-number-of-people-developed-this-rare-blood-disorder-after-getting-a-covid-vaccine%e2%80%94/vi-BB1dA2l4 A Small Number of People Developed This Rare Blood Disorder After Getting a COVID Vaccine--02-11-21: www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/the-johnson-and-johnson-ceo-just-made-this-unsettling-prediction-about-covid/ss-BB1dzEK8?li=BBnbfcL#image=2 Johnson & Johnson's CEO said we'll likely be dealing with COVID for "the next several years."--02-10-21: www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-09/mexico-now-has-the-most-deadly-covid-outbreak-in-latin-america Mexico Now Has the Most Deadly Covid Outbreak in Latin America
Country passed Panama to have 59.2 fatalities per million
Mexico City excess deaths highest in world per capita: report
--02-10-21: www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/rhode-island-kept-its-schools-open-this-is-what-happened/ar-BB1dyRy1?li=BBnb7Kz Rhode Island Kept Its Schools Open. This Is What Happened.--02-11-21: edition.cnn.com/2021/02/10/asia/japan-healthcare-coronavirus-dst-intl-hnk/index.html Japan has the most beds per capita in the developed world. So why is its health system crashing? |
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Post by rizzuto on Feb 11, 2021 22:28:13 GMT -5
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Post by chiyankee on Feb 11, 2021 22:42:49 GMT -5
Getting arrested for trying to save lives? |
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Post by rizzuto on Feb 11, 2021 23:06:17 GMT -5
Getting arrested for trying to save lives? And, losing his livelihood for doing so. There is always a village idiot in charge with power and just cannot bear not using it, irrespective of the ethical nature of its imposition or consequences. |
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Post by inger on Feb 12, 2021 0:08:52 GMT -5
Getting arrested for trying to save lives? And, losing his livelihood for doing so. There is always a village idiot in charge with power and just cannot bear not using it, irrespective of the ethical nature of its imposition or consequences. I heard of a nurse that did something similar, but without retribution. The story was of a nurse calling a couple of guys aside and telling them she had two shots that had to be used up within minutes and no arm to stick the needles in. They quickly signed up, despite not being in the correct distribution category. It was on TV in fact. They were grateful for the opportunity to get the shot ahead of schedule, the nurse heralded as a hero. I thought it was on our ocal news, though I could be incorrect about that. Our society has inequities. Some we handle fairly, some we don’t... |
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Post by domeplease on Feb 13, 2021 13:20:43 GMT -5
--02-11-21: www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/covid-19-cases-have-been-severely-undercounted-study-says/ar-BB1dBn2q?li=BBnbfcL COVID-19 Cases Have Been Severely Under-counted, Study Says.
Are the COVID-19 key statistics provided by counties, states, hospitals, prisons, nursing homes and federal agencies (including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) current and correct?
They are not even close to accurate, according to a new study. --02-12-21: www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-12/common-blood-thinner-reduces-risk-of-covid-19-hospital-deaths Common Blood Thinner Reduces Risk of Covid-19 Hospital DeathsBlood-thinning drugs reduced the risk of death from Covid-19 in a new study, pointing to one more promising tool as physicians scour their medicine cabinets for treatments to blunt the pandemic. About 14% of patients who were given anticoagulants within 24 hours of hospital admission died from the coronavirus, compared with 19% of those who didn’t, according to a study published Friday in the British Medical Journal. The patients were treated with heparin, an injected blood-thinner sold by generic-drug makers including Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. Scientists have looked for existing, low-cost medications to help severely ill Covid-19 patients as more elaborate treatments disappoint. One of the biggest successes so far has been dexamethasone, a steroid that has been shown to reduce the risk of death by one-third for patients on ventilators. The findings on blood thinners are based on data from more than 4,000 patients, mostly men, from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. They were hospitalized between March 1 and July 31 with Covid-19. The patients getting anticoagulants didn’t have an increased risk of bleeding, according to the study. --02-12-21: www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/this-medication-could-slash-your-risk-of-dying-from-covid-experts-say/ss-BB1dCPx8?li=BBnbfcL#image=2 This Medication Could Slash Your Risk of Dying From COVID, Experts Say. |
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Post by inger on Feb 13, 2021 14:55:18 GMT -5
--02-11-21: www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/covid-19-cases-have-been-severely-undercounted-study-says/ar-BB1dBn2q?li=BBnbfcL COVID-19 Cases Have Been Severely Under-counted, Study Says.
Are the COVID-19 key statistics provided by counties, states, hospitals, prisons, nursing homes and federal agencies (including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) current and correct?
They are not even close to accurate, according to a new study. --02-12-21: www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-12/common-blood-thinner-reduces-risk-of-covid-19-hospital-deaths Common Blood Thinner Reduces Risk of Covid-19 Hospital DeathsBlood-thinning drugs reduced the risk of death from Covid-19 in a new study, pointing to one more promising tool as physicians scour their medicine cabinets for treatments to blunt the pandemic. About 14% of patients who were given anticoagulants within 24 hours of hospital admission died from the coronavirus, compared with 19% of those who didn’t, according to a study published Friday in the British Medical Journal. The patients were treated with heparin, an injected blood-thinner sold by generic-drug makers including Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. Scientists have looked for existing, low-cost medications to help severely ill Covid-19 patients as more elaborate treatments disappoint. One of the biggest successes so far has been dexamethasone, a steroid that has been shown to reduce the risk of death by one-third for patients on ventilators. The findings on blood thinners are based on data from more than 4,000 patients, mostly men, from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. They were hospitalized between March 1 and July 31 with Covid-19. The patients getting anticoagulants didn’t have an increased risk of bleeding, according to the study. --02-12-21: www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/this-medication-could-slash-your-risk-of-dying-from-covid-experts-say/ss-BB1dCPx8?li=BBnbfcL#image=2 This Medication Could Slash Your Risk of Dying From COVID, Experts Say.At this stage of the pandemic, it’s still incredible that no one in this country seems to be able to accomplish a simple task like counting. We have people shouting that “all we have to do is follow the science”. In any scientific endeavor, counting is one of the most important pieces of information. Over-count. Or undercount. Either way, the scientific result is falsified... |
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Post by domeplease on Feb 13, 2021 15:55:35 GMT -5
--02-11-21: www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/covid-19-cases-have-been-severely-undercounted-study-says/ar-BB1dBn2q?li=BBnbfcL COVID-19 Cases Have Been Severely Under-counted, Study Says.
Are the COVID-19 key statistics provided by counties, states, hospitals, prisons, nursing homes and federal agencies (including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) current and correct?
They are not even close to accurate, according to a new study. --02-12-21: www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-12/common-blood-thinner-reduces-risk-of-covid-19-hospital-deaths Common Blood Thinner Reduces Risk of Covid-19 Hospital DeathsBlood-thinning drugs reduced the risk of death from Covid-19 in a new study, pointing to one more promising tool as physicians scour their medicine cabinets for treatments to blunt the pandemic. About 14% of patients who were given anticoagulants within 24 hours of hospital admission died from the coronavirus, compared with 19% of those who didn’t, according to a study published Friday in the British Medical Journal. The patients were treated with heparin, an injected blood-thinner sold by generic-drug makers including Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. Scientists have looked for existing, low-cost medications to help severely ill Covid-19 patients as more elaborate treatments disappoint. One of the biggest successes so far has been dexamethasone, a steroid that has been shown to reduce the risk of death by one-third for patients on ventilators. The findings on blood thinners are based on data from more than 4,000 patients, mostly men, from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. They were hospitalized between March 1 and July 31 with Covid-19. The patients getting anticoagulants didn’t have an increased risk of bleeding, according to the study. --02-12-21: www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/this-medication-could-slash-your-risk-of-dying-from-covid-experts-say/ss-BB1dCPx8?li=BBnbfcL#image=2 This Medication Could Slash Your Risk of Dying From COVID, Experts Say.At this stage of the pandemic, it’s still incredible that no one in this country seems to be able to accomplish a simple task like counting. We have people shouting that “all we have to do is follow the science”. In any scientific endeavor, counting is one of the most important pieces of information. Over-count. Or undercount. Either way, the scientific result is falsified... NO PROBLEM--Tequila knows how to count!!! |
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Post by inger on Feb 13, 2021 18:32:24 GMT -5
At this stage of the pandemic, it’s still incredible that no one in this country seems to be able to accomplish a simple task like counting. We have people shouting that “all we have to do is follow the science”. In any scientific endeavor, counting is one of the most important pieces of information. Over-count. Or undercount. Either way, the scientific result is falsified... NO PROBLEM--Tequila knows how to count!!! She should be put on the CV task team... |
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Post by domeplease on Feb 16, 2021 17:41:34 GMT -5
*** THE GOD-FATHER OF ALL VIRUS—WE DO NOT WANT THIS ONE TO MUTATE AND GO AIRBORNE!!!: us.yahoo.com/news/eight-people-test-positive-ebola-105712040.html Eight people test positive for Ebola in Guinea in 'really concerning' resurgence of disease--02-14-21: edition.cnn.com/2021/02/14/health/who-mission-china-intl/index.html CNN Exclusive: WHO Wuhan mission finds possible signs of wider original outbreak in 2019
Investigators from the World Health Organization (WHO) looking into the origins of coronavirus in China have discovered signs the outbreak was much wider in Wuhan in December 2019 than previously thought, and are urgently seeking access to hundreds of thousands of blood samples from the city that China has not so far let them examine.
The lead investigator for the WHO mission, Peter Ben Embarek, told CNN in a wide-ranging interview that the mission had found several signs of the more wide-ranging 2019 spread, including establishing for the first time there were over a dozen strains of the virus in Wuhan already in December.
The team also had a chance to speak to the first patient Chinese officials said had been infected, an office worker in his 40s, with no travel history of note, reported infected on December 8.
The slow emergence of more detailed data gathered on the WHO's long-awaited trip into China may add to concerns voiced by other scientists studying the origins of the disease that it may have been spreading in China long before its first official emergence in mid-December.--02-16-21: www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-02-14/california-covid-19-vaccine-data-collection-confusion?utm_id=23814&sfmc_id=3384599 Data problems hurt California’s COVID-19 vaccine distribution efforts.--02-14-21: www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/first-known-patient-reinfected-with-south-africa-coronavirus-variant-is-in-critical-condition/ar-BB1dF545?li=BBnb7Kz First known patient reinfected with South Africa coronavirus variant is in critical condition--02-14-21: www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/the-coronavirus-variant-found-in-the-uk-may-become-the-worlds-most-dominant-strain/ar-BB1dFKUU?li=BBnb7Kz The coronavirus variant found in the U.K. may become the world’s most dominant strain.--02-14-21: www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/inhaling-this-could-reduce-your-severe-covid-risk-90-percent-study-finds/ss-BB1dFvZe?li=BBnb7Kz#image=1 Inhaling This Could Reduce Your Severe COVID Risk 90 Percent, Study Finds--02-13-21: us.yahoo.com/tech/m/b1322f62-240c-3eb3-9fbd-ec53b6a8e82b/africa%E2%80%99s-next-wave-of.html Africa’s next wave of Covid-19 could be deadlier than the last
With a second wave of Covid-19 across Africa appearing to ebb, public health officials are calling on countries to move with urgency to protect health-care workers and others most at risk from the coronavirus before the next surge arrives.
Compared with the first wave of the pandemic in July last year, when about 2.2% of Covid-19 cases resulted in death, Africa’s fatality rate from the illness in the past 28 days rose to 3.7%, the World Health Organization said on Thursday.
In early reports from 21 of the African continent’s 54 countries, two-thirds say that their intensive-care units have been overwhelmed during the second wave of the pandemic, while 24% report burnout among health-care workers, according to the WHO.
Fifteen of those countries say they’re still struggling to produce enough oxygen needed to treat severely ill patients.
Sunday will mark one year since the first reported case of Covid-19 on the continent, which since then has recorded 3.7 million cases.
The continent, which accounts for 3.5% of worldwide cases and 4% of global deaths, is on track to pass 100,000 deaths in the coming week.
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--02-17-21 STUPID BE STUPID: www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/a-third-of-service-members-have-refused-coronavirus-vaccines-defense-officials-say/ar-BB1dLKu5?li=BBnb7Kz A third of service members have refused coronavirus vaccines, defense officials say.***--02-18-21 BEYOND DISGUSTING: www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/covid-an-excuse-to-strip-tropical-forests-indigenous-groups/ar-BB1dNAZv?li=BBnbcA1 Covid an excuse to strip tropical forests: indigenous groups
Governments worldwide are using the Covid-19 pandemic to push through destructive development projects and roll back protections of indigenous groups, according to a global report on deforestation and rule of law released Thursday.
In Colombia, deforestation of the Amazon has accelerated by 80 percent during Covid lockdown © Raul ARBOLEDA In Colombia, deforestation of the Amazon has accelerated by 80 percent during Covid lockdown
An assessment by the Forest People's Programme of post-pandemic stimulus plans in Brazil, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Indonesia and Peru found that projects such as mines, industrial agriculture plantations and dams were fuelling a rise in rights abuses.
Those five countries contain the majority of the world's tropical forests.
"During the pandemic, governments have not only failed to stop land grabs and human rights violations by corporate actors, but have rewritten and reversed hard-won policies that are vital at protecting human rights," said Myrna Cunningham, president of the FILAC indigenous rights group.
Numerous studies have shown the vital role indigenous groups play in averting climate change and biodiversity loss.
They are crucial guardians of some of the most carbon-rich and biodiverse lands on Earth, yet the report outlined how they have come under increasing threat as governments seek to power their economic recovery.
In Brazil, where deforestation of the Amazon last year reached the highest level in over a decade, the government had instigated a "campaign to roll back protections of indigenous people's rights," according to Sofea Dil, a researcher at Yale Law School who worked on the report.
In Colombia, deforestation of the Amazon has accelerated by 80 percent during Covid lockdown, as the government pushed through measures to weaken protections for people living in the forest.--02-18-21: us.yahoo.com/news/op-ed-californias-college-students-110509746.html Op-Ed: Give California's college students vaccine priority. Without it, fall campus life is in danger. --02-18-21 STUPID BE STUPID: www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/men-posed-u-s-marshals-avoid-wearing-masks-florida-resort-n1258220 Men posed as U.S. marshals to avoid wearing masks at Florida resort, authorities say.
--02-17-21: us.yahoo.com/news/scientists-cdc-set-air-standards-130333656.html Scientists to CDC: Set Air Standards for Workplaces Now
Nearly a year after scientists showed that the coronavirus can be inhaled in tiny droplets called aerosols that linger indoors in stagnant air, more than a dozen experts are calling on the Biden administration to take immediate action to limit airborne transmission of the virus in high-risk settings like meatpacking plants and prisons.The 13 experts — including several who advised President Joe Biden during the transition — urged the administration to mandate a combination of masks and environmental measures, like better ventilation, to blunt the risks in various workplaces. On Friday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued new guidelines for reopening schools, but quickly passed over improved ventilation as a precaution. It was only in July that the World Health Organization conceded that the virus can linger in the air in crowded indoor spaces, after 239 experts publicly called on the organization to do so. In a letter to the administration, scientists detailed evidence supporting airborne transmission of the virus. It has become even more urgent for the administration to take action now, the experts said, because of the slow vaccine rollout, the threat of more contagious variants of the virus already circulating in the United States, and the high rate of COVID-19 infections and deaths, despite a recent drop in cases. “It’s time to stop pussyfooting around the fact that the virus is transmitted mostly through the air,” said Linsey Marr, an expert on aerosols at Virginia Tech. “If we properly acknowledge this, and get the right recommendations and guidance into place, this is our chance to end the pandemic in the next six months,” she added. “If we don’t do this, it could very well drag on.” The letter was delivered Monday to Jeffrey Zients, coordinator of the Biden administration’s COVID-19 response; Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the CDC; and Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. The letter urged the CDC to recommend the use of high-quality masks, such as N95 respirators, to protect workers at high risk of infection. At present, health care workers mostly rely on surgical masks, which are not as effective against aerosol transmission of the virus. Many workers vulnerable to infection are people of color, who have borne the brunt of the epidemic in the United States, the experts noted. |
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